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The Destination #17 – Antifolk
Misty, long spring day… what do you have in store for me today? Are you approaching, or are you yet far? Only time will suit to tell apart. March 8, 2024, 6.51 AM Just last night I was on the phone with a travel agency. I have long been meaning to pay my dear Persephone… Read more
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Nostalgia for the flawed
Prologue It is no secret that I love myself some ukulele. My recent rise to fame in my local Thessaloniki has ensured that all the people know that I play ukulele, and that I am decently good at it, too. But my relationship with the instrument has tossed and turned plenty since my fingers first… Read more
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The Destination #1 – Pilot
Everything’s useless, especially songs. December 31st, 1999, 7.52 AM I find myself feeling all booted up. I find myself feeling optimistic about the future for once in this stupid life of mine – new day, new month, new year, new decade, new century, new millennium! All this is about as convincing as a meteor. And… Read more
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The Destination #13 – A Milky Morning
Now I am become powder of worlds, the Destroyer of rain. December 23rd, 2021, 7:49 AM Through the dark, I discern daytime. Through the silence, I can hear my own voice. I love to sing, sing until it is all so opaque that I can no longer see through myself. I love trying on words for… Read more
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The Destination #9 – Monumental Day for Superstitious Folks
Slow down, you crazy child – don’t you know that Pylaia waits for you? August 9, 2016, 6:33 AM Rest easy, Bernie. Shut those little eyelids of yours and catch a break, do – Pylaia waits for you. Until I see you on the other side of tomorrow, I wish you a slumber of the most… Read more
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The Destination #8 – The Well-Tempered Brontosaurus / Pilgrimage the Second
If a child spends his entire infancy in his mother’s embrace, does he reckon himself as being of her stature, or does he realize that he is small, only propped on a step? March 23rd, 2009, 6.27 AM I am acquainted with the prospect of becoming one with the soil. I can see the village… Read more
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The Destination #7 – Pilgrimage Boot Camp
Tibbit, tibbit, tibbibbibbit. March 21st, 2009, 6.30 AM My wicked ways find me in Orchomenus, Greece. I’ve long aspired to make it here… I’ve learned a lot by being a city girl, and I suppose Orchomenus is a city, only it is not “just another city” – nay, it is a good city. I am… Read more
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The Destination #5 – Dishevel Heavened
A tree in roots in soil, a soil in Earth in world. In world a universe alight, in light, dark incarnate. January 29th, 2007, 7.41 AM Why do I pretend I’m complicated, when in reality, I am just blind? I am a pigeon on the wire, trapped by the wind and afraid to move. I… Read more
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The Destination #2 – Letter of Discovery
Behold this fairyland I do… do not let it out of your sight not even for a moment, for you never know when it might flee. It has such tendencies. January 22nd 2026, 7.46 AM Philosophy is for the inept. To contradict myself I intend not, but consider the following; meaning is dead, and its… Read more
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My 6 year debut anniversary; a reflection
Today, April 19th 2025, marks the 6 year anniversary since my musical debut. That’s right, ladies and gentlemen; on April 19th 2019 – 6 years ago today – I released my first song, ever. I was 12 years old then, and now I’m 18. Everything has changed, and so, nothing is the same – I… Read more
